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r/nhl

This community is private, banned or no longer exists on Reddit. The numbers below are what we captured while it was public.

2.6M members. The best post we have captured here reached 4.3K upvotes, which works out to 2 per 1,000 members.

2peak upvotes per 1,000 members
2.6Mmembers
4.3Kbest post
713most comments
602posts we track

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What actually lands here

The mix of post types among everything we have captured. Posting a link where almost nothing but images lands is wasted effort, and this is the fastest way to see it.

28% 28% 27%
Video 28% Link 28% Image 27% Text 7% Question 7% Gallery 3%

The topics it labels

Flairs are the community's own categories, and the closest thing a subreddit has to telling you what it wants.

News 132 Discussion 66 Highlight 18 Question 15 Other 8 Art 1

What the ceiling looks like

The biggest posts we have captured here. Links go to the original on Reddit.

Two years ago today:

↑ 4.3K 💬 126 image 2026

Capitals’ Ovechkin surprises fans who drink beer every week in his honor

↑ 4.2K 💬 116 video 2026

Fun Fact: The Canes have the NHL’s oldest goal horn, built in 1944 for a whaling vessel. It was later used by the Hartford Whalers before making its …

↑ 3.5K 💬 94 image 2026

Macklin Celebrini named the next captain of San Jose!

↑ 3.1K 💬 118 image 2026

FREE: Alex Ovechkin delays NHL retirement, re-signs with Washington Capitals on 1-year deal

↑ 3K 💬 172 image 2026

What do you think about a few of my new puck holder designs?

↑ 2.7K 💬 539 gallery 2026

Flyers boo’d off the ice

↑ 2.7K 💬 289 video 2026

Stenberg looking close to star struck after being taken to the ice by McDavid

↑ 2.6K 💬 40 video 2026

Nick Cousins gesturing a C being ripped off to Dylan Larkin

↑ 2.5K 💬 213 video 2026

Happy International Day of Friendship!

↑ 2.5K 💬 253 image 2026

Communities its size

Within four times the member count either way, so the comparison is fair. Sorted by upside.

r/nhl, in numbers

Answered from the posts ViralHunt holds from this community, not from Reddit's own about page.

How many members does r/nhl have?
r/nhl has about 2.6M members. ViralHunt has tracked 602 of its posts; the biggest reached 4.3K upvotes, which is 2 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/nhl?
"Two years ago today:" reached 4.3K upvotes and 126 comments in 2026, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/nhl.
What subreddits are similar to r/nhl?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/PcBuild, r/ukraine, r/LosAngeles, r/mildyinteresting, r/LeopardsAteMyFace, r/okbuddycinephile.
What kind of posts do best on r/nhl?
Of the posts we hold, 28% are video posts and 28% are link posts.
When is the best time to post on r/nhl?
Across 624 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Friday at 18:00 UTC (1K avg upvotes), Wednesday at 13:00 UTC (1K avg upvotes), Saturday at 23:00 UTC (955 avg upvotes). The busiest day is Wednesday. For Reddit as a whole, see the best time to post on Reddit page.
How many upvotes does a post need to reach the top of r/nhl?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/nhl has 1.9K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 261 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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Every figure here is what ViralHunt has captured from r/nhl, not everything the community has ever posted. We deliberately do not publish an average score: our sample is weighted toward a community's best posts, so an average would be flattering and wrong. Peak per 1,000 members is computed the same way for every community listed. See how we measure.